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jhunsicker

I'm a historian and writer living in Lake George, NY.

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Jal Mahal

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Chris White

Added by Chris White

Skeletons of Roopkund Lake

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Dylan

Cherrapunjee, India

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

bertieinindia

Added by bertieinindia

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Abhaneri, India

Chand Baori

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Ørland, Norway

Austrått Pyramid

This strange pyramid is a unique feature of the Austrått Manor.

Volodymyr Riabchuk

Added by Volodymyr Riabchuk

Mount Halti Peak

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

hcw2rp

Added by hcw2rp

Gildeskål, Norway

Noviken VLF Transmitter

Large military radio station without transmitting towers.

Sandefjord, Norway

Sandefjord Museum

Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.

Added by butterflynice1

Hammerfest, Norway

Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

Added by mjdstephens

Hellvik, Norway

Halvikhula

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

Volodymyr Riabchuk

Added by Volodymyr Riabchuk

Mølen

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

Steilneset Memorial

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

Barentsburg, Norway

Barentsburg

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

daynix

Added by daynix

The Rakke Compass

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

Added by marinasdokken

Longyearbyen, Norway

Svalbard Bryggeri

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

'She Lies'

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Added by DenverApplehans

Stor-Elvdal, Norway

Storelgen (The Big Moose)

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

skdewberry

Added by skdewberry

Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

mariellealien

Added by mariellealien

Korketrekkeren

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

Added by barberelisabeth

Fram Museum

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

World's strongest whirlpool.

jiblite

Added by jiblite

Tromsø, Norway

Polaria

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

pollardld

Added by pollardld

Vågsøy, Norway

Kannesteinen Rock

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe